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@not-reversible.bsky.social

Artist, analogue photographer & darkroom printer, diplomat, federal worker for now. Surviving long COVID. Co-author “Corona/Crown" https://www.wordtechweb.com/roberts-revere.html. Opinions are mine alone.

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Prague, shot 2023, printed this week. Coffee toned #darkroom printed. #analoguephotography #filmphotography

18.11.2025 16:57 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight was a very bad night.

10.11.2025 03:09 — 👍 31912    🔁 10003    💬 1741    📌 912

I guess it isn’t caving when you have a career of substituting politics for principles. Seriously ashamed of the Democratic Party, wherever the fault lies.

10.11.2025 03:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.

I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.

Full statement:

10.11.2025 00:48 — 👍 4545    🔁 794    💬 517    📌 94
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Holodomor Basic Facts - HREC Holodomor Basic Facts - The term Holodomor (death by hunger, in Ukrainian) refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932–33 as a result of Soviet

This is not the first time an authoritarian ruler used hunger as a policy. holodomor.ca/resource/hol...

07.11.2025 15:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You know who's flights aren't getting canceled?

Rich folks with private planes

They could stop half of the private planes and not have to eliminate any commercial flights

Once again, it's us vs them

07.11.2025 13:45 — 👍 1193    🔁 369    💬 27    📌 5

It's an appalling idea but I can't find any fault in it.

07.11.2025 14:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Agreed it is racist bs.

01.11.2025 20:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not that I was asked, but yes. Democrats seem to be acting as if this is politics as normal, and that the GOP will come to their senses and compromise. It *won’t* happen. What’s required is a full bodied defense of democratic & humanistic values, which I don’t think we’re seeing.

30.10.2025 20:12 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

25.10.2025 23:48 — 👍 22278    🔁 6466    💬 687    📌 245
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The Anti-Deficiency Act is a US federal law that decrees the executive branch of government cannot accept goods or services from private parties to conduct official government functions unless Congress has specifically signed off on the funds. WHICH IT HAS NOT!

25.10.2025 22:45 — 👍 61    🔁 21    💬 8    📌 3
A side-by-side comparison of the East Wing before and after Trump.

A photo of President Obama running with Bo is on the left, labeled "Before Trump."

A photo of the debris from the East Wing demolition is on the right, labeled "After Trump."

A side-by-side comparison of the East Wing before and after Trump. A photo of President Obama running with Bo is on the left, labeled "Before Trump." A photo of the debris from the East Wing demolition is on the right, labeled "After Trump."

Trump breaks everything he touches.

25.10.2025 22:24 — 👍 503    🔁 165    💬 32    📌 7

By forcefeeding the public a whitewashed version of exceptionalism, Trump and the Heritage Foundation have made it clear we are just like the rest of the world, by showing we are as vulnerable to authoritarianism and taken in by vague promises of a return to a glorious but fictional past.

25.10.2025 14:16 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

23.10.2025 20:19 — 👍 20831    🔁 6335    💬 351    📌 249

“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.

23.10.2025 21:41 — 👍 12132    🔁 4118    💬 535    📌 165
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Boom freaking Boom - hello Constitution its’s been awhile 🔥

23.10.2025 20:07 — 👍 578    🔁 217    💬 37    📌 23

It's starting to feel like every fight I've cared about has suddenly been lost/forfeited. This one will get less than a shrug from most Americans.

23.10.2025 21:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I applaud this. To even better support artists, though, go to Bandcamp, which gives artists over 80% of revenue from sales (and promotes the artists). Artists control their prices and listeners can have a stake through ownership.

23.10.2025 20:47 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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After others departed, Pentagon announces 'new' press corps filled with conservative news outlets The Pentagon says a “new press corps” of 60 journalists who had agreed to follow a new media policy will be welcomed into the building to cover the U.S. military.

Yes, it is real.
apnews.com/article/pent...

23.10.2025 20:32 — 👍 34    🔁 13    💬 9    📌 1

A reminder of how things are supposed to work, and how broken things are.

21.10.2025 14:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More evidence i was right to cancel my subscription. Their editorial choices show a true disconnect.

19.10.2025 02:48 — 👍 40    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Study after study shows that it's remarkably cheap and easy to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty with low-barrier supportive housing and universal basic income, but our own fear that someone, somewhere will get something they didn't "earn" keeps us looking for other (punitive) options.

18.10.2025 14:05 — 👍 842    🔁 360    💬 22    📌 5

The quick math—that growth could put $4,495 in the pocket of every adult American. Which would be spent more appropriately.

18.10.2025 22:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More CDC Cuts :: NCHS Edition 📊🔫

At least 1/3 of the staff at the National Center for Health Statistics has been cut (and remain cut). This is catastrophic for our nation’s health data.

Say goodbye to national health statistics that you can trust, healthcare surveys, NHANES and data systems.

12.10.2025 17:53 — 👍 481    🔁 207    💬 9    📌 16

If you are anti antifa, I think that just makes you a fascist.

10.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Jam - Going Underground
YouTube video by TheJamVEVO The Jam - Going Underground

Something tight and fast. How about, The Jam? Yeah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1c...

09.10.2025 20:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Says the dumbest, weakest conman in US History!!

30.09.2025 19:01 — 👍 375    🔁 149    💬 10    📌 9

I’ve lived through government shutdowns.

Under normal circumstances, I understand why compromises are made to keep the government running.

These are not normal circumstances.

01.10.2025 17:26 — 👍 1840    🔁 606    💬 39    📌 22
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D.C. Council passes measure to allow covid vaccine without a prescription The council voted to allow pharmacies to administer vaccine shots without prescriptions for residents 65 and older and other adults with risk factors.

D.C. Council passed a measure to allow covid vaccine without a prescription. It still needs to be signed by the mayor, but could be at least temporarily good news.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

18.09.2025 17:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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